ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,604, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Seek Thermal Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Thermal imaging camera module configured for integration into a host system" was invented by Leonard Araki (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Lars Mininni (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and William J. Parrish (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thermal cameras exist at price points and volume manufacturing suitable for practical consideration of integration of thermal camera modules into host electronic devices, including automobiles, PED's-smartphones, tablets, etc. However, individual thermal cameras require extensive unit-specific data to provision and o...